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President Donald Trump is expected to pardon or commute the sentences of more than 100 people on Monday or Tuesday in his final hours in office.

Trump met with his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, daughter Ivanka Trump and other aides for a significant amount of Sunday to review a long list of pardon requests and discuss lingering questions about their appeals, according to two people briefed on the meeting.

In the past week, Trump has been consumed with the question of whether to issue pre-emptive pardons to his adult children, top aides and himself, said the people familiar with discussions. But it remains unclear whether he will make such a move.

White House spokesman Judd Deere declined to comment, saying his office does not discuss pardons.

People familiar with the discussions said many of the pardons and commutations Trump is expected to issue in his final days will be uncontroversial.

It remains unknown whether he will grant clemency to Steve Bannon, his former campaign adviser, who was charged last year with defrauding donors to a private fundraising effort for construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border, or his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, whose consulting business has come under scrutiny as part of an investigation that led to charges against two of his associates.

Another person under consideration for a pardon is the rapper Lil Wayne, who last year pleaded guilty to weapons charges, administration officials said.

Trump has told advisers for weeks that he wants to be liberal with pardons before leaving office. Aides have said the ability to grant clemency is a perk of the job Trump has particularly relished because the Constitution hands the power to the president alone.

Trump has already granted clemency to 94 people, including his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, longtime confidant Roger Stone and Michael Flynn, who briefly served as his national security adviser.

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